Shouting overwhelms Kagen forum on health care

Angry crowd packs library for listening session with congressman

Aug. 4, 2009

Written by

Keegan Kyle
kkyle@greenbaypressgazette.com

At least fifty people hoping to attend a listening session of U.S. Rep Steve Kagen Monday night could not find a seat.

Congressional staff stopped people from entering the auditorium at the Brown County Central Library in Green Bay when its seating filled with 300 people. Attendants who could not get a seat in the auditorium found a spot to stand in the compact lobby and listened to the event through speakers.

The vast majority of people attending the event appeared to come in protest of the health-care legislation, and they repeatedly disrupted the event by shouting. ...